Bimetallic oxynitride-Co single atom composite electrocatalyst synergistically improve oxygen reduction reaction in wide pH range

ZHAO Jiang-hong; QIN Yu-peng; WANG Qian-liang; QIAO Ze-yu; XUAN Jia-qi; ZHOU Wei

doi:10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022095

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ZHAO Jiang-hong, QIN Yu-peng, WANG Qian-liang, QIAO Ze-yu, XUAN Jia-qi, ZHOU Wei. Bimetallic oxynitride-Co single atom composite electrocatalyst synergistically improve oxygen reduction reaction in wide pH range[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(5): 693-702. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022095

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ZHAO Jiang-hong, QIN Yu-peng, WANG Qian-liang, QIAO Ze-yu, XUAN Jia-qi, ZHOU Wei. Bimetallic oxynitride-Co single atom composite electrocatalyst synergistically improve oxygen reduction reaction in wide pH range[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(5): 693-702. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022095

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ZHAO Jiang-hong, QIN Yu-peng, WANG Qian-liang, QIAO Ze-yu, XUAN Jia-qi, ZHOU Wei. Bimetallic oxynitride-Co single atom composite electrocatalyst synergistically improve oxygen reduction reaction in wide pH range[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2023, 51(5): 693-702. doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022095

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Bimetallic oxynitride-Co single atom composite electrocatalyst synergistically improve oxygen reduction reaction in wide pH range

doi: 10.19906/j.cnki.JFCT.2022095

Engineering Research Center of Ministry of Education for Fine Chemicals, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan 030006, China

Funds: The project was supported by Key Research and Development Program of Shanxi Province (201903D121003), Guidance Foundation from the Central Government for Local Science and Technology Development (YDZJSX2021A001) and Special Program for Major Science and Technology of Shanxi Province (20181102019).

Received Date: 2022-11-08
Accepted Date: 2022-12-13
Rev Recd Date: 2022-12-10

Available Online: 2022-12-26

Publish Date: 2023-05-15

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The lack of high performance and low cost oxygen reduction electrocatalysts, especially operating in the wide pH range, is one of the key obstacles restricting the large-scale applications of new energy conversion technologies such as fuel cells and metal-air batteries. In this work, based on the synthesis mechanism of conventional polymer-derived carbon materials, a bimetallic oxy-nitride (Co_mTi_nO_xN_y)-Co single atom (Co-NC) composite catalyst was prepared by an associated hydrothermal polymerization-pyrolysis method through selecting suitable precursor molecules and simultaneously introducing TiO₂ nanoparticle in the process of polymerization. The bimetallic cobalt-titanium oxy-nitride Co-NC composite catalyst exhibits better ORR activity in a wide pH range (0−13) than the conresponding pure N-doped carbon nanotubes, titanium oxy-nitride/N-CNTs and Co-NC catalysts, providing a new idea for the development of ORR electrocatalysts with high performance and low cost.
- bimetallic oxy-nitride,
- co-single atom,
- oxygen reduction reaction,
- synergistic effect

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